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Outlook -- Copy Mail Folder and Contents to another Mail Folder
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Copy a mailfolder and its contents to another mailfolder.This example applies to: Exchange Online | Office 365 | Hotmail.com | Live.com | MSN.com | Outlook.com | Passport.com
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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
$success = $false
# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
# Use your previously obtained access token here:
$http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"
# This example will copy /Inbox/abc/subFolderA and its contents to /Inbox/xyz
# We'll need the folder ids for both source and destination folders..
# Get the folder IDs from the folder map created by this example
$htFolderMap = New-Object Chilkat.Hashtable
$sbMap = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbMap.LoadFile("qa_data/outlook/folderMap.xml","utf-8")
$htFolderMap.AddFromXmlSb($sbMap)
# Get the IDs for the source and destination folders.
$srcFolderId = $htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/abc/subFolderA")
if ($htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
$("Folder ID not found")
exit
}
$dstFolderId = $htFolderMap.LookupStr("/Inbox/xyz")
if ($htFolderMap.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
$("Destination folder ID not found")
exit
}
# Create a JSON request body with this content:
#
# {
# "DestinationId": "destinationId-value"
# }
$jsonRequestBody = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonRequestBody.UpdateString("DestinationId",$dstFolderId)
$http.SetUrlVar("src_folder_id",$srcFolderId)
# Copy the source folder to the new location
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/mailFolders/{$src_folder_id}/copy",$jsonRequestBody,"application/json",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
$($http.LastErrorText)
exit
}
# A 201 response indicates success.
if ($resp.StatusCode -eq 201) {
$("Folder copied.")
}
else {
$("Response status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)
$("Error: Folder not copied.")
}
# Show the response in both cases..
$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.EmitCompact = $false
$jsonResponse.Load($resp.BodyStr)
$($jsonResponse.Emit())
# A sample successful JSON response looks like this:
# {
# "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#mailFolder",
# "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mailFolder",
# "id": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAM6JqMAAAAA=",
# "displayName": "subFolderA",
# "parentFolderId": "AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS1iNTcwLWI2NTEtMDACLTAwCgAuAAADsVyfxjDU406Ic4X7ill8xAEA5_vF7TKKdE6bGCRqXyl2PQAAAL8huwEAAAA=",
# "childFolderCount": 1,
# "unreadItemCount": 0,
# "totalItemCount": 0
# }